s&w 27-2

[unclebill]

once again i bought a gun that i dont know much about .
this one is in good shape,is nickle plated with a 8 3/8 in. bbl.
it looks a lot like this
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/pop_wm_732014.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/pop_wm_732015.jpg
can someone tell me it's date of birth please?
serial # n4961##

thank you once again!
bill

[madcaster]

It's no good,sell it to me!:kidding:

[unclebill]

i got it for $429
fair deal?

[madcaster]

Better believe it!You shure did!

[unclebill]

i pick it up in the morning.
so i will take some pics of the real thing and show you guys.
but thats what it looks like.

[Ricochet]

Nice!

[James C. Snodgrass]

I sold my blued one for $500 a few years ago, I was broke and it didn't shoot as good as it looked . I believe that the one's like in the pic , target hammer, trigger, pinned barrel, and all will bring $700 often in the right place. I believe 1974 or 75 was when they started on the 27-3 ? Nice buy !! Good luck James

[XBT]

According to the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson (if I read it correctly) your gun was made in 1978.

[9.3X62AL]

Bill--

$429 is a fine price--ya did GOOD!

There was a time for about 7-8 years I did without a S&W N-frame example. Feeling quite culturally deprived by this condition, when a member here offered a Model 624 x 6.5"--I decided to give it a good home (mine). In the intervening years, a Model 657 x 6" and pre-27 357 Magnum x 6.5" have found a home in the safe. They WILL NOT be leaving, until my rotten daughters and evil nephews do a throw-down to decide on their next lodging after I clip the mortal coil. I enjoy K-frame and L-frame Smiths very much, but there is NOTHING like an N-frame.

This begs the question........which N-frames will follow? Maybe a better question and easier to answer would be 'which ones won't?' I have a pretty good collection of the rifles I use, more than I need to be honest. Shotguns? OY VEY, too many! The medium-frame revos and service/sport stutterpistols are well-represented........but a few more N-frames and one REALLY GOOD 30-06 will be sought after. Onceabull, you know what I mean. A 4" Model 29 or 629 would be very nice, as would some 45 ACP revo variant--the 4" 625 dash whatever leading the list.

[Bass Ackward]

A 4" Model 29 or 629 would be very nice, as would some 45 ACP revo variant--the 4" 625 dash whatever leading the list.


Oh my. I have two of the new 625-8s. One I had a bid on at GunBroker and the other I ran into at a local shop. I made the assumption that I would not get this one for what I offered, so I bought the one at the shop while it was on a weekend sale. Low and behold, I won the second.

The bad one (off the Internet) is driving me nuts shoots 1 1/2" groups at 35 yards, but it leads up badly after 100 rounds so that groups open to over 2".

These guns (with AR brass) are truely the finest guns made to shoot lead with smokeless that I ever had my hands on. No issues with powder positioning or ignition. No grip issues to deal with. Total shooting flexibility. The other one (purchased new) is soooooo accurate, right out of the box, that I will forgo mentioning group sizes lest I lose even more credibility than I have over the years. But 100 shots later and it doesn't look as if it has been fired anywhere and you don't have to walk down range to see the groups.

I would have to endorse this as your next purchase. Problem with that is, you will look at everything differently from now on.

[9.3X62AL]

Bass--

Just about ever 625 owner goes poetic and lyrical over these revolvers. I'm not sure how much longer I can hold out against this onslaught of pleasantry.

[Sprue]

According to the Standard Catalog of Smith & Wesson (if I read it correctly) your gun was made in 1978.

+1

I concur (1978)

A very highly sought after model. Factory nickle adds 25% to the value. Only thing is that the bbl lenght may make it less desirable.

In my view you stole it.

Pictures, we must have detailed pictures of the front,sides, rear of pistol and grips)

Congrats, nice find!

[uncle joe]

i got it for $429
fair deal?

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?storeId
=10001&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&pageSize=10&published=1&beginIndex=0&resultType=2&attr
ibuteName1=Model&attributeValue1=27&attributeValueType1=STRING&attributeValueOperator1=
EQUAL&isFirearm=Y
sorry about the long link
you decide if you got a good deal

ps I'm thinkin like madcaster it may be a dud
I could take it off your hands so you don't have to worry about the bad deal the rest of your life. It would look good in my s&w wheel gun collection
:mrgreen:

[unclebill]

no cleaning rod.
what a gyp!
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw012.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw011.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw006.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw004.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw003.jpg

[Drilling Man]

Early model 27's and pre 27's were/are some of the finest revolvers ever made...

From the finely checkered top straps,

http://www.fototime.com/84C5A64BBE61C10/orig.jpg

to the deep blued finish,

http://www.fototime.com/DCC1857B6236988/orig.jpg

to the "bank vault" feel when you close or roll one over!

http://www.fototime.com/57A3719C5F4746D/orig.jpg

I have two of them, and they both are VERY accurate and well made.

DM

[unclebill]

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw017.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw018.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw019.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw021.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw022.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw023.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zzzzsw024.jpg

[unclebill]

i need an aluminum cleaning rod!

[madcaster]

Drilling Man,you don't need no stinkin' N-27 S&W price one to me,preferably a blued 6" N-27-2!!!

[waksupi]

Ok, you guys. I'm getting tired of doing this.

When you post a link, and you see it is a mile long, go back and edit it. Just click into it, and hit enter to separate the darned thing! Somedays it seems like the only thing I get done!

[Dale53]

Al;
You have put it off long enough! Just blow some of the cob webs out of that wallet and order a 625[smilie=1:. It will be the second most fun thing you can do!!:mrgreen:

I have a goodly number of fine, good shootin' revolvers. I have NOTHING that is as easy to work up a championship load as my two 625's. Just apply any sensible recipe and the guns SHOOT! It's about the most fun I have had since I started shooting.

I will hit the range again in the morning. I'll be thinkin' kindly of you while I am enjoying the day...

Dale53

[9.3X62AL]

A coven of rank, sorry enablers, all o' y'all.

I was out listening to the Angels get their a--es handed to them (again) and refilling some 250 Savage fodder to ease the pain of onlooking their Michael Jackson bit--a glove on one hand for no discernable purpose. I shut that down--come inside to seek solace on the site--and see this sort of "encouragement". Tough crowd here.

[Drilling Man]

Drilling Man,you don't need no stinkin' N-27 S&W price one to me,preferably a blued 6" N-27-2!!!

Sorry man, i wish i could help ya, but i only have two left... lol lol Besides, what would keep my 44's company if i sold one?

Actually i only have one 27, as the other one is before they were called 27's, and were just called 357 magnums back then... :-D

DM

[Ricochet]

I'd never thought about the 8 3/8" barrel being a cost-lowering feature. That's exactly the one I'd want!

[unclebill]

I'd never thought about the 8 3/8" barrel being a cost-lowering feature. That's exactly the one I'd want!

me too!
short bbls. are a dime a dozen i thought!?!:confused:

[Bret4207]

Gun porn!!!! That nickle 27 is pure gun porn.

The M-25- Jeeze I want one, not one of those stinkin' 625's either. God intended for men to use BLUED guns, not those stinkin' silver thangs. Guy at work buys whatever he likes, and he likes Smiffs. He's got a mess of N frames. Won't let me touch them anymore do to the rust from the sweaty palms and drooling.

[NVcurmudgeon]

I'd never thought about the 8 3/8" barrel being a cost-lowering feature. That's exactly the one I'd want!

Having been without a .357 for a while I had forgtten how much fun reaching way out to touch distant rocks without rattling my cage can be. A recently added 8 3/8" blue and beautiful 27-2 has made the older to me 8 3/8" 629 jealous. To get the 27 I had to promise that my stepson Jaremy will inherit it, I wonder what he was doing under my truck?

[Bass Ackward]

The M-25- Jeeze I want one, not one of those stinkin' 625's either.


Bret,

Purist huh? Have you seen the new MDL: 22s in 4 and 6inch. These are the 1917 knock offs.


http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=1000
1&catalogId=11101&langId=-1&productId=53952&tabselected=tech&isFirearm=Y&parent_cate
gory_rn=15706

Even comes in nickel

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.asp?Item=102355904

[GLL]

Bill:

Here is its older and stubbier cousin ! :)

Jerry

http://www.fototime.com/84AE5DD4486CD4E/orig.jpg


...and its pre-27 blue friend
http://www.fototime.com/B1A1AD207D3ABF6/orig.jpg

[GLL]

25-2s for Bret ! :)

Jerry

http://www.fototime.com/3FA749A6ADD0D1F/orig.jpg
Sorry I do not have a better photo ! Oil on the surface makes the finish look strange !

[Sprue]

me too!
short bbls. are a dime a dozen i thought!?!:confused:

Please email me and tell me where theres a 3.5, 4 or even a 5 incher priced at a dime a dozen. [smilie=1:

Used gun prices are out of this world now and 400 won't normally do it, in these here parts anyway. You got lucky- especially if the picture you posted is near the quality of the one that you actually found.

Go out and visit your local toys stores more often. Most likely you'll go home in shock. If that don't do it, price some factory ammo.

Enjoy the N frame, and congrats again.

:castmine:

[unclebill]

the first two pics ARE NOT MY GUN.
all the other pics are of my gun.

[unclebill]

GGL,
those pics make me dizzy with desire!

[unclebill]

SPRUE,
i didnt mean any harm.
i meant i see more revolvers with short bbls. than long ones.

[unclebill]

when i saw the price on this one
i kept looking for what was wrong with it.
i dont know why it was so cheap.

[Bret4207]

Jerry, ya gots a mean streak a mile wide, ya know that! Nice pics of some nice guns. Thx.

[Sprue]

when i saw the price on this one
i kept looking for what was wrong with it.
i dont know why it was so cheap.

Yep, been there and done that. The little guy on our shoulders does tend to talk a lot huh?

Reading up on the Revolver Test thread sure helps.

Don't think I've read where you shot it yet......... Hows it feel? Trigger etc.. Range report ?

[unclebill]

i havent fired it yet!
i was all ready to load some ammo and realized ..
i didnt have any small pistol primers.
so i went to walmart in the middle of the night.
(graveyard shift reloading supplies is the ONLY thing that place is good for)
and i just got home from work.

[unclebill]

ok,
i took it for a spin.
that big ol grip feels good in my hand.
the trigger is exceptional.
i havent gotten any great groups out of it yet but i can tell i will.
this is the nicest revolver i have ever owned.

[unclebill]

Please email me and tell me where theres a 3.5, 4 or even a 5 incher priced at a dime a dozen. [smilie=1:

Used gun prices are out of this world now and 400 won't normally do it, in these here parts anyway. You got lucky- especially if the picture you posted is near the quality of the one that you actually found.

Go out and visit your local toys stores more often. Most likely you'll go home in shock. If that don't do it, price some factory ammo.

Enjoy the N frame, and congrats again.

:castmine:
i just bought A NEW IN BOX ruger 50th anniversary 44mag.
price $400
p.s.
i dont buy factory ammo.

[nicholst55]

Ok, you guys. I'm getting tired of doing this.

When you post a link, and you see it is a mile long, go back and edit it. Just click into it, and hit enter to separate the darned thing! Somedays it seems like the only thing I get done!

Or go to www.tinyurl.com; enter in the long URL, hit 'ENTER,' and it'll give you back a short one!

[Sprue]

i just bought A NEW IN BOX ruger 50th anniversary 44mag.
price $400
p.s.
i dont buy factory ammo.

My comment is on topic, refers to the original "flavor" of manufacturer as in the initial post/thread....

I don't buy factory ammo either, but I do get out quite often looking, and prices are out of this world.

[Le Loup Solitaire]

The S&W model 27 was/is a great target pistol. It came with 6"or 8 3/8" bbl and a nice fat target tigger and target hammer. It had a brother called the M28 that came with 4" and 6 " barrel and a blued and not as fancy finish, plus the name was different; it was known as "The Highway Patrolman". it didn't have the target trigger or hammer; those were dubbed "combat grade" and came "stock". You could swap that combo for the target stuff as the specs were identical. The 4 incher didn't reach quite as far-as well as the longer barreled versions, but whether it was a 27 or a 28 didn't really matter; they could all shoot like all get out, digesting .357 Magnanimous or 38 Specials with round noses, Semiwads, or full wads in every shape or configuration. Those guns are/were really solidly built, rugged and accurate. No BS in the quality control department! If you come across one in good shape, just write the check/flash the plastic if you can do so. They're real treasures. LLS

[unclebill]

thank you for the lesson.
i will keep my eyes peeled!

[unclebill]

i detail cleaned this and waxed it as well.
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zsmithwesson27-2100.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zsmithwesson27-2101.jpg
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zsmithwesson27-2108.jpg

[unclebill]

http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l272/billhedges/zsmithwesson27-2112.jpg